Hose-rack.



PATENTED OCT. 1, 1907.

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HOSE RAGK. APPLICATION FILED AUG-10, 1906.

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T. v. FORSTER. HOSE RACK.

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No. 867,265.. PATENTED OCT. 1, 1907.

' T. v. PORSTBR.

HOSE RACK.

APPLICATION TILED AUG. 10 1906.

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THOMAS V. FORSTER, OF HAOKENSAGK, NEW JERSEY.

HOSE-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 1, 1907.

Application filed August 10,1906. Serial No. 329,980.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS V. Fonsrnn, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Hackensack, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a hose rack, concealed within the wall of a room or hall of a building.

Both in residences and other buildings, the present exposed hose racks are unsightly, and are objectionable dust collectors, the fabric of the hose holding the dust so firmly as not to be removable.

Without regard to the exact scopes of invention, which are attended to in the claims hereinafter annexed, the general nature of the invention comprises a receptacle inserted in the wall of a building, with its face flush with the surface of the wall, a folded hose within said receptacle, and means for automatically dropping said hose from said receptacle when the cover of said receptacle is removed and the water turned on.

The invention is set forth in all its details in the ac companying drawing.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the receptacle, with part thereof broken out to show some of the mechanism inside. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the complete invention, with the cover of the receptacle entirely removed. Fig. 3 is a view taken from the right of Fig. 2, of the mechanism contained in the receptacle. Fig. 4 is an enlargement of the tripping device, after it has acted. Fig. 5 is a view on a reduced scale, of a portion of a wall, with the receptacle embedded therein. Fig. 6 is a side view of What is shown in Fig. 5, the wall being shown in section. Fig. 7 is a front elevation of a modification, with the cover removed. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the upper portion of what is shown in Fig. 7, with holes made in the side of the receptacle, to show Fig. 8 serves also to indicate the construction existing in Fig. 2, on an enlarged scale. Fig. 9 is a view of the guides longitudinally thereof. The same construction is also employed in Fig. 2 and in Fig. 7. Fig. 10 is a plan of the cross piece and pinsfor holding the hose, both in the construction in Fig. 2, and in Fig. 7.

The device consists of a receptacle 1, through which passes a water pipe 2, having outlet valve handle 3,

guides 4 on two of the sides of the receptacle and inside thereof, a slide 5, having pins 6, for holding a hose 7, in a folded condition, with the loops hanging downward, one end of the hose being connected to the outlet pipe 7 and the other end to a nozzle 8; a roller 9 at the upper portion of the slide 5, and of large enough diameter to be stopped by the stop pin 10, when the slide 5 reaches the lower ends of the guides 4, there being a roller 9 at each end of the slide 5; rollers 11, on opposite ends respectively, of the slide 5, on projections 5, extending downward from the slide 5, said rollers 11 being small enough to pass the pins 10 freely and to travel entirely out of the guides; and a hose deflector consisting of a slanting board 12, directly below the lower end of the folded hose 7, and sloping downward toward the front of the receptacle 1. F, is a fire pail below the board 12. Further elements comprise a cord 13 normally wound in a groove in the handle wheel 3, passing upward, then over a grooved pulley 14, and then down- Ward from the other side of said pulley, and finally attached to a projection 15, extending rigidly from the rear of the slide 5.

The operation is as follows: The cover 16, is removed and the handle wheel 3 is turned full open, by which two things are accomplished. The water fills the hose 7, the cord 13 unwinds from the wheel 3, the combined Weight of the water, the hose 7, the slide 5, and its rollers causes the hose and slide 5 to descend rapidly. The lower portion of the hose 7 strikes the deflector 12, which directs the body of the hose out of the receptacle 1. When the rollers 9 strike the pins 10, and simultaneously when the rollers 11 escape from the guides 4, the weight of the hose 7 and the water therein, turns the slide 5 suddenly to an inclined position, so that the hose 7, slides entirely free from the pins 6, the whole hose therefore falling upon the floor of the building.

The wall in which the receptacle is buried is numbered 17.

The construction shown in the modification in Fig. 7 is the same as shown in Fig. 2, except that the slide 5 is supported upon the ,end of a fiat spring 18, wound up in a spool 19, with only just enough force to support the weight of an empty hose 7. When the water is turned on by means of the wheel 3, the great additional weight of the water quickly lowers the slide 5 until the tripping takes place as indicated in Fig. 4, as already explained. When the water runs out of the hose 7 after the fire is over, the hose may be again folded upon the pins 6.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of a hose, a receptacle, a hose holder therein, a cover for said receptacle, and means governed by the added weight when the water is turned on for causing the hose holder to drop said hose, and a deflector for directing said hose from the inside of said receptacle to the outside thereof.

2. The combination of a hose, a receptacle for fitting flush in the wall of a building, a hose holder therein, guides therefor, means for tripping said holder when lowered, an outlet valve handle wheel, a cord wound up on said wheel and extending to said holder, for lowering the latter by turning said wheel, and means directly below said hose for feeding the latter out of said receptacle.

3. The combination of a hose, a receptacle for fitting for tripping said slide and hose supporting pins to an I taclc for fitting flush in the wall of a building, means for inclined position for dropping said hose, and an inclined I holding a hose in a folded condition in said receptacle, :1

board vertically below said hose for directing the latter out of said receptacle.

4. The combination of a hose, a receptacle for fitting flush in the wall of a building, a cover for said receptacle,

an outlet valve handle wheel in said receptacle, which has a sufliciently large interior to contain a folded up hose, and means by which said hose will fall from the said receptacle when the cover thereof is removed and the water turned on by said handle wheel.

5. In a hose rack, the combination of a hose, a recepdevice for lowering said means, mechanism for inclining" said means when in its lowered position, and a deflector for directing said hose from said receptacle.

In testimony whereof, I ullix my signature in the pres ence of two witnesses.

THOMAS V. FORSTI IR. [1A. 5.]

Witnesses Eowann l. THOMPSON,

L. E. HICKS. 

